Everything was perfect until the last step... reinstalling preloader 0.29. It said that it installed successfully, but it froze with the 'waiting 5 seconds...' text. I reset the Wii, and now all I get is a black screen. No sound. No wii remote control.

One other thing I should mention is that I updated the HBC right before installing the preloader the last time.

I just read that the IOS60 installer downloads a file from Nintendo before applying the patch, and the file I downloaded may have been injected with something that caused the brick. Is this true?

Is this a full brick? I used the chart on this forum http://www.wiihacks.com/bricked-wii-...rick-tips.html to figure out what I should do next. It lead me to the bottom right option, which is to install a drivechip and run 'Any Region Changer' and reinstall the system menu.

HOWEVER, when I read another post here that explained how to do this, it said that it typically does not work on wiis that only have a blackscreen and no error msg (second reply by Tealc: 'This guide is designed for people with banner bricks, typically those that give an error screen. It's not going to work on uninstalled system menu's as it requries that code to launch the recovery console as seen in the video.'). http://www.wiihacks.com/bricked-wii-...-your-wii.html

I apologize if this information is out there... I've been trying to piece it all together myself. I'm willing to spend the money on a DriveKey if it will save my friend's wii. EDIT: If I do need to purchase a DriveKey, should I get one that is preprogrammed to autoboot?

After doing more research, I realize that I should have installed BootMii as boot2 before doing anything else after installing the HBC.

If anyone has ANY information that can help me unbrick this wii (is it even possible?), and also, is there a better/safer/more efficient way than what I was doing to mod a Wii so that it can run a USB loader? (link?)

The bricked wii has a serial starting with LU57. EDIT2: It started out at 4.1U. If there is any other information that I can provide that will be of assistance, please let me know.

Thank you!!!!!!

-Jessica

10-19-2009, 10:30 AM

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10/19/09 UPDATE: I decided to order an autobooting DriveKey. Even though this may not work for this situation, I am sure it will come in handy at some point... and I'm desperate to get this Wii fixed, so it is worth a shot.